John Joseph Mitchell

John Joseph Mitchell (1910)

John Joseph Mitchell (born May 9, 1873 in Marlborough , Massachusetts , †  September 13, 1925 ) was an American politician . Between 1910 and 1915 he represented the state of Massachusetts twice in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Mitchell attended his home public schools and Boston College . After a subsequent law degree at the Albany Law School and his admission to the bar in 1901, he began to work in this profession in Marlborough. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1903 and 1906 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Massachusetts ; in 1907 and 1908 he was a member of the State Senate .

After the death of MP Charles Q. Tirrell , Mitchell was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC at the by-election due for the fourth seat of Massachusetts , where he took up his new mandate on November 8, 1910. Since he was not confirmed in 1910, he could only end the current legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1911 . After the resignation of MP John Wingate Weeks , Mitchell was re-elected to Congress in the 13th constituency of his state, where he was able to complete almost a full legislative period between April 15, 1913 and March 3, 1915. In 1914 he was not re-elected again.

During World War I Mitchell was US Marshal for Massachusetts. He then headed the tax authorities in this state between 1919 and 1921. He then practiced as a lawyer in Boston.

Web links

• John Joseph Mitchell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John Joseph Mitchell in the database of Find a Grave (English)